I picked up three rolls of Reflx Lab's Pan 200, which is respooled Agfa Aviphot. That's the same film as Rollei Superpan 200, and if you put an R72 filter on your lens you can get infrared images. I saw on the Reflx Lab site that if you push this film to ISO 1600 you get 'unpredictable but striking results," so I decided to put it in my Holga, push to 1600 and use an R72 filter to bring my effective ISO down to 100 (actually I should have used 50 as the negatives were pretty thin). I did some research first to see if pushing this film with an R72 filter was a bad idea, and all the armchair experts said "don't do it."
I did it anyway, and I'm glad I did. I would have had some more of these but because I had a filter on the lens I used a lens cap to protect it and...well...you know the rest. I shot about half of this roll with the lens cap on.
Some street shots from Bangkok's Khao San Road. This was the last bit of a roll I wanted to finish off before dropping a bunch (13) of rolls off at Sweet Film Bar. If you live in or are visiting Bangkok I would definitely recommend them. Very reasonable pricing, friendly staff, and they'll even ship your negatives back to your home country if you're international for a reasonable fee. C41, B&W, and ECN2 are all about $6 for development, E6 is $12. All development includes basic scans, or you can add $3 per roll for high-res TIFF files. Shipping the 13 rolled negatives back to me in the US was an additional $25, would have been cheaper if I was ok with cut negatives but I like having the full roll.
I didn't get any favors or discounts from this place. Just wanted to shout them out because I think they do great work at a very reasonable price.
Leica MP + Voigtlander Color-Skopar 50mm f/2.2
Kentmere Pan 100 (shot at 200)
Developed with Ilfotec HC
Thanks! I've found pushing all the Kentmere films 1 stop gets me a level of contrast and "punch" that I personally find very pleasing to the eye. Additionally, perhaps specific to the Pan 100, the retention of detail, mid-tone range (last tuk-tuk picture illustrates this), and fine grain is all seemingly maintained rather well.
If you like flatter negatives then shoot at box speed, which will of course give you some nice latitude for adjustment with your scans or darkroom printing. In that way, it would be no different from Tri-X or HP5, which are both amazing films too. This was my first time using Pan 100 and I'm quite pleased with the results. It was nice having "publish-ready" negatives which didn't really need much additional work to get them where I wanted them.
Tina Kino wrote:
Have you shot the Kentmere 200 (at 200 I mean), and what did you think of it?
I did only two rolls so far but it seems kinda more contrasty from the get go (compared to the 100 and 400) - so thought you might enjoy that..
You know, I'm so sure I've shot it but I can't find any scans in my library. Maybe I'll have to grab another roll and try it again!
I do like Kodak's Double-X which is natively ISO 250, good balance of grain and speed. And I've heard K200 is a reasonable substitute since XX is harder to get these days.
bjhurley wrote:
I picked up three rolls of Reflx Lab's Pan 200, which is respooled Agfa Aviphot. That's the same film as Rollei Superpan 200, and if you put an R72 filter on your lens you can get infrared images. I saw on the Reflx Lab site that if you push this film to ISO 1600 you get 'unpredictable but striking results," so I decided to put it in my Holga, push to 1600 and use an R72 filter to bring my effective ISO down to 100 (actually I should have used 50 as the negatives were pretty thin). I did some research first to see if pushing this film with an R72 filter was a bad idea, and all the armchair experts said "don't do it."
I did it anyway, and I'm glad I did. I would have had some more of these but because I had a filter on the lens I used a lens cap to protect it and...well...you know the rest. I shot about half of this roll with the lens cap on.
